Recent events, including an executive order on flag burning and comments and actions from elected and appointed officials with respect to comic material on broadcast television, have raised the ...

October marks the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This year’s theme, “Celebrating Value and Talent,” recognizes the vital contributions of workers with disa ...

The American Bar Association is greatly concerned about the recent pattern of actions by the Department of Justice that continue to erode the department’s historical independence from political ...

What is an Independent Judiciary? An independent judiciary is necessary to ensure the rule of law is respected. Judicial independence means that judges are not subject to pressure and influence and ...

Your source for timely content and thought leadership at the heart of the healthcare bar. The Health Law Section is a diverse group of members who represent clients in all segments of the health care ...

The Center for Innovation and Center for Bar Leadership are working to gather information about all State Bar Associations AI Task Forces. If you have additional information for your state please ...

(a) A lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent, the disclosure is impliedly authorized in order to carry out the ...

Every year the ABA Law Student Division and the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs (CoLap) collaborate to offer programs and provide resources for Law Student Mental Health Day scheduled ...

The American Bar Association’s Commission on Disability Rights spoke with leaders from three private law firms about why disability rights-centered pro bono work can be a win-win.

Judges and lawyers should not be punished “for simply doing their job,” Delissa Ridgway, a judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, said during a recent American Bar Association ...

Stare Decisis—a Latin term that means “let the decision stand” or “to stand by things decided”—is a foundational concept in the American legal system. To put it simply, stare decisis holds that courts ...